University of Sydney: Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours in History)

Academic Awards in History, Government and Philosophy

Prior experience

Prior to commencing practice at the Bar, Jason worked as a Graduate-at-Law at Gilbert & Tobin; as a Tipstaff to the Honourable Justice David Ipp, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of NSW; as a Member of the Secretariat of the Commonwealth Review of the Law of Negligence; and as a casual Lecturer in law at the University of New South Wales, Law School. Jason also completed studies in Comparative and International Law at the Sorbonne, Paris.

Appearing for a national real estate agent in a dispute over an agent's authority to accept less than a 10% deposit on a Contract for Sale of Land: Markson v Cutler and Anor [2007] NSWSC 1515; (2007) 13 BPR 25,127; and on appeal to the Court of Appeal: Vameba Pty Ltd v Markson [2008] NSWCA 266.

Appearing in the NSW Court of Appeal, in an appeal against a finding that during negotiations for the sale of a magazine business the appellant vendors engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct: Culligan and Anor v Aco Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 290

Appearing for the applicant in the Federal Court at first instance and on appeal to the Full Court for review of a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to cancel an "absorbed person" visa on character grounds under s 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth): Toia v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2009] 177 FCR 125.

Publications

"Common Law Liability of Clubs for Injury to Intoxicated Patrons: Cole v South Tweed Heads Rugby League Football Club Ltd" (with Rosalind Dixon) University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol 27 No 3 2004 pp 816-825.